Magyar Egyház, 1963 (42. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1963-12-01 / 11-12. szám
MAGYAR EGYHÁZ 17 5,000 Dutch Protestant, Roman Catholic Youth Meet Five thousand youth — 55 per cent of them Protestant and 45 per cent Roman Catholic — met recently in Utrecht, Holland for a day-long get-acquainted Congress, It is believed to have been the largest inter-confessional youth rally of its kind ever held anywhere and was widely covered by Dutch radio and television. Congress theme was “Five loaves of bread and two fishes” and the noon-day meal consisted of bread, fish, and cheese. The youth heard two speeches by a Protestant and a Roman Catholic leader, saw a ballet based on the theme, took part in community singing, and in discussions following the speeches pleaded for the opportunity for similar contacts on the local level. They also contributed $1,500 in the collection to the treeplanting project of the Committee for Christian Service in Algeria. Preparatory study material for the Congress had been prepared by the Youth Department of the World Council of Churches and by the Vatican Secretariat for Christian Unity. THE WORLD YOUTH COUNCIL IN AUSTRIA, which includes youth of the major Protestant churches in the country, has decided to invite the Austrian Roman Catholic youth as full participants to its future meetings. A Roman Catholic delegation attended this year’s Whitsun meeting sponsored by the Council in Klagenfurt. Roman Catholic officials have given their consent for participation of the youth.. (EPS, Geneva) YOUTH NEWS WESTERN AREA YOUNG PEOPLE HOLD FIRST JOINT MEETING In the past we made some attempts of holding district meetings with little success for a formal organization such as we have in the Eastern Area. While our meeting in Akron, Ohio, on November 10, again failed in this attempt (which we do not feel to be of utter importance), we did have a very promising gathering including representation from Akron, Duquesne, McKeesport and Youngstown, a total of fifty young people. Detroit planned to send a group, too, the rescheduling of the date and sickness of key representatives prevented them to be present. The young people of our Duquesne and McKeesport churches arrived before the 11 o’clock worship service to participate in it. An excellent lunch was prepared by the good women of Akron for all present at that time. The meeting was convened at 2:30 P.M. After the opening prayers the local pastor spoke about our Church in relation to the Reformation of the 16th century and our present position in America. The brief business meeting dealt with the problems of formal organization and meeting dates. The formal was postponed until all the churches of our area would be represented and the youth would better know each other. The next meeting is called for April 12 (two weeks after Easter) to be held at Youngstown, Ohio. In the meantime a news letter is to serve as a connecting link among us. The meeting was followed by informal activities and by a supper — for both of which we extend thanks to the local group. followed by a supper at 6 p.m. We remembered the late President John F. Kennedy at both services on November 24. CARTERET 177 members came to the Lord’s Table on New Wine Thanksgiving Communion Sunday, a welcome higher number than at last year’s similar occasion (138). On December 15 we dedicated a set of new communion table and pulpit covers in memory of our late Honorary Chief Elder Frank Pirigyi Sr. and his wife donated by their family. For Christmas we are planning to dedicate a new communion table in memory of the late Elder Joseph Cinege. The Christmas order of services is listed together with the other congregations on page 18. The Sunday School Christmas Program will begin at 2:30 on Sunday, December 22. A new Junior Choir has been formed. Members come from the two confirmation classes and the Junior-Hi group. The Men’s Club will sponsor a EASTERN AREA YOUTH FEDERATION The Eastern Area Youth Federation will have its next Quarterly Conference on January 12, 1964 in Perth Amboy, N. J. For its 21st Anniversary celebration the young people will have a party and dance at the close of the conference. Guests are invited but only participants of the conference will be admitted to the evening affair. DUQUESNE Our young people participated in the district meeting of Akron, Ohio. Since the news letter is to be edited and sent out by us, we ask the several groups involved to send any and all items to Miss Stephanie Szőke (1411 Kennedy Avenue, Duquesne, Pa). We were also part of the joint meeting held in McKeesport on November 24 and our group is returning an invitation to them for a joint meeting to be held on Sunday, December 29. All our college students, too, are invited to be with us on that day. We had an enjoyable hay-ride on November 17 and plan to carol in the homes of our congregation at Christmas time. TRENTON The Youth Fellowship of Trenton has had a very busy month. We prepared a booth for the annual Bazaar and sold chances on several items, among them a parakeet donated by Elder Sutch. We made a fairly large profit which we, of course, donated to the church. We have been discussing topics of current interest under the direction of our new Assistant Minister, the Rev. Partee. One of our first discussions was on the topic of Civil Rights. It not only broadened our point of view but also prepared us for the upcoming conference. NEWS FROM THE CONGREGATIONS BETHLEHEM On December 1 we celebrated the 12th anniversary of our congregation. Combined thanksgiving service was held in the morning at 10,
